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White Historical Activity Theory: Toward a Critical Understanding of White Zones of Proximal Development
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Leonardo, Zeus; Manning, Logan – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2017
Best known for arguing that individual development is part of social and historical development Vygotsky's entry into education may be captured by his concept of the "zone of proximal development" (ZPD). ZPD has not yet been synthesized with a critical study of whiteness. When ZPD is used to explain racial disparities in the service of…
Descriptors: History, Social Theories, Racial Attitudes, Critical Theory
Contracting Race: Writing, Racism, and Education
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Leonardo, Zeus – Critical Studies in Education, 2015
This article presents the main terms of the racial contract, as they appear in the subcontracts of Mills' theory, such as the spatial, epistemological, cognitive subcontracts. It is important to keep in mind that these subcontracts are by no means separate and represent analytical moments of the main contract. Furthermore, other than its…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Race, Racial Bias, Multicultural Education
Through the Multicultural Glass: Althusser, Ideology and Race Relations in Post-Civil Rights America
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Leonardo, Zeus – Policy Futures in Education, 2005
In 1996, an edited volume devoted to Stuart Hall's work published the essay "Gramsci's Relevance for the Study of Race and Ethnicity." Central to Hall's analysis was Gramsci's deployment of the concept of hegemony. This article hopes to accomplish parallel insights on race and multiculturalism by going through the concept of ideology as theorized…
Descriptors: Race, Critical Theory, Civil Rights, Ideology